#16 – The Shaw FamilyFrancis Shaw, a warden at Old North in the 1760s, was the great-great-grandfather of the famous Colonel Robert Gould Shaw…

#18 – Abel Hale Coffin and the Siamese TwinsAbel Hale Coffin, Jr., a senior warden at Old North for ten years and owner of pew #18 in the mid-1800s, is connected to the story of Eng and Chang, the famous “Siamese twins” of the 19th century…

#27 – Doctor Greaves and Charles WeslesyOne of the least known facts about the Old North Church is that in t
he year 1736 Minister Charles Wesley, the co-founder of Methodism, visited Boston and preached here. His presence in the American Colonies started a year earlier…